Delta Junction Airport is a public use

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located in and owned by

Delta Junction Delta Junction ( uk, Делта-Джанкшен, Delta Dzhankshen) is a city in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 958, up from 840 in 2000. The 2018 estimate was down to 931. T ...

, a city in the

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of the U.S. state of

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. As per

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records, the airport had 252 passenger boardings (enplanements) in

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2008, and 350 enplanements in 2010.

Facilities and aircraft

Delta Junction Airport covers an area of 80

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s (32 ha) at an

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of 1,150 feet (351 m) above

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. It has two

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s: 7/25 is 2,500 by 60 feet (762 x 18 m) with a

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surface and 13/31 is 1,600 by 60 feet (488 x 18 m) with a dirt surface. There are 16 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-

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and 6% multi-engine.

Airline and destinations

The following

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offers scheduled passenger service at this airport:

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Aerial photo as of June 1999
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Facilities and aircraft

Airline and destinations

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